Beyonce's father calls marital trouble rumors a 'Jedi mind trick'

Beyonce's dad says anything resembling trouble between his daughter and Jay Z the past few months happened purposely to drum up publicity for the couple's tour.

Well, that makes perfect sense, because neither Beyonce nor Jay Z are very popular and are probably desperate to finally make some money.

Mathew Knowles, who is also his daughter's former manager, told Houston's Roula & Ryan show that the elevator incident -- in which Beyonce's sister Solange allegedly attacked her brother-in-law -- as well as the divorce rumors were all a big publicity stunt.

"I know, because we've done this. From experience, there's a tour going on," he said. "So you sometimes have to ignite that tour. It's called a Jedi mind trick. The Jedi mind trick fools you a lot."

I don't think Jay Z is a Jedi. A real Jedi wouldn't hang out with Kanye West so much.

One of the hosts asked if it was possible that Beyonce, her husband and sister staged the elevator incident and leaked the tape of themselves arguing at an after-party for the Met Ball in New York earlier this year.

"All I know is the Jedi mind trick," Knowles said. "Everyone's talking about it. Ticket sales went up. Solange's album sales went up 200 percent."

Well, to be fair ... that could just mean a grand total of four shot up to 12.

Knowles said, despite not managing Beyonce's career for years, "We still talk every Sunday. She's still the humble, generous person that she's always been."